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-rw-r--r--bfd/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--bfd/elflink.h6
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 3691737..5e4dd24 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-07-27 Nick Clifton <nickc@cygnus.com>
+
+ * elflink.h (elf_link_size_reloc_section): Zeroes the section's
+ allocated contents.
+
2000-07-25 Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@cygnus.com>
* configure.host (*-*-aix*): AIX has 'long long' always.
diff --git a/bfd/elflink.h b/bfd/elflink.h
index 10cf2ae..6b91d31 100644
--- a/bfd/elflink.h
+++ b/bfd/elflink.h
@@ -4013,8 +4013,10 @@ elf_link_size_reloc_section (abfd, rel_hdr, o)
rel_hdr->sh_size = rel_hdr->sh_entsize * reloc_count;
/* The contents field must last into write_object_contents, so we
- allocate it with bfd_alloc rather than malloc. */
- rel_hdr->contents = (PTR) bfd_alloc (abfd, rel_hdr->sh_size);
+ allocate it with bfd_alloc rather than malloc. Also since we
+ cannot be sure that the contents will actually be filled in,
+ we zero the allocated space. */
+ rel_hdr->contents = (PTR) bfd_zalloc (abfd, rel_hdr->sh_size);
if (rel_hdr->contents == NULL && rel_hdr->sh_size != 0)
return false;